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Former Premier League linesman Darren Cann: 'It's right on the limit. It has to be sustained holding - some will say it was sustained, some will say it wasn't. But it's interesting that Isak didn't even appeal.' How has English football got itself in a position where professional officials are even arguing that this was not a penalty? 🙈 youtube.com/@transferspodcas…

The government’s grandest plane, an A321 jet, took off from Stansted at 6.05 a.m. this morning. Burnham wasn't on it. It flew 34 minutes to Manchester to collect the PM, then set off for the Commonwealth summit in Antigua. Guido estimates the detour cost around £20,000 of taxpayer cash. Avanti not good enough for him? Flight tracking data shows the jet landed in Manchester at 6.39 a.m. and left again at 8.06 a.m., heading for a refuelling stop in Newfoundland before the Caribbean. The government eventually publishes what every trip on the plane costs. Starmer’s same-day trip to Paris on in April came to £39,756 at roughly £20,000 a leg. Stansted to Manchester is shorter than Paris, but every additional leg brings its own landing and handling fees. About £18,000-20,000’s worth according to Guido’s fag packet maths… The whole jaunt, there and back, comes to about 21 hours of flying. Based on Starmer’s £121,239 trip to Yerevan in May and Yvette Cooper’s £148,700 trip to Washington in December, long-haul flying on the plane costs between £9,500 and £12,400 an hour. That puts Burnham's full trip at about £250,000. Burnham took the same government jet from Glasgow to Manchester in July to open No10 North, despite a choice of trains. When Liz Truss used the same plane to fly to Australia, @AngelaRayner called it a “ridiculous waste of half a million pounds on a private jet trip”. Thoughts on this one, Ange?

Just so you understand how insane that is - that's an average of 4:48 per mile - For 26.2 miles!!!! In my life I've never run a sub-five minute mile. This dude just did 26 of them back to back. It's superhuman and impossible to comprehend. @nycmarathon

Congratulations to @JamesMilner on a 3:09.04 finish @nycmarathon today. By my reckoning, and unless our champagne statisticians know otherwise, that is the fastest time by a current or recent pro footballer - on a course that is not notably fast. Well done.

The incredible range of Andreas Almgren 🤯 After his debut marathon victory in New York City, these are his personal bests across the distances in his career: 800m – 1:45.59 (2015) 1000m – 2:21.23 (2019) 1500m – 3:32.00 (2023) 3000m – 7:26.48 NR (2026) Two miles – 8:11.12 (2026) 5000m – 12:44.27 AR (2025) 5km – 13:05 NR (2025) 10,000m – 26:52.87 NR (2024) 10km – 26:45 (2026) Half Marathon – 58:06 AR (2026) Marathon – 2:06:01 (2026)

BREAKING: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to announce legal migration plans tomorrow, in a major government U-turn. Sky's @JonCraig has the details. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

FINAL: The @Buccaneers win without completing a pass!

We are giving defence the largest increase in spending since the Cold War & @JohnHealey_MP's plan for defence in his Budget has also been strongly backed by @SecGenNATO

Everyone can see Penders didn't touch the ball. Honestly premier league PR is something else.

PERSONNE NE TROUVE LA RÉPONSE CITEZ UN JOUEUR QUI A JOUÉ POUR CES QUATRE (4) CLUBS. NIVEAU : TRÈS DIFFICILE.

I don’t get this one. I understand the ref’s call in real time but don’t see violent conduct on the replays, only a frustrated, aggressive act from a player on the receiving end of two extremely robust tackles in ten minutes. I’d have rescinded the red and waived the suspension

The FA had a duty of care towards Max. What was his crime? Mildly reacting to a dangerous challenge. Instead of protecting a 16 yr old, you chose to suspend him and promote violent conduct. Thankfully Max didnt suffer a serious injury because apparently thats what it takes.

“Why are Poundland’s owners risking thousands of jobs and yet more empty shopfronts on our high streets when there is reportedly a credible offer to buy the business as a going concern? Three directors brought in as restructuring experts have resigned after just two weeks. There are now reports that the owners are seeking full repayment of a £30 million shareholder loan acquired as part of the £1 deal to buy the company less than 18 months ago, on the promise of a turnaround. “This raises serious questions about whether the restructuring is being pursued in good faith. We need an urgent investigation while there is still time to protect jobs and save stores. “Accountability must come before the damage is done, not after workers have lost their livelihoods and the shutters have come down.”

This is really poor by @FA. The governing body is supposed to protect players. It should be disputing this regulatory commission verdict by members drawn from the FA judicial panel. Max Dowman could have suffered a bad injury to his standing leg from a dangerous challenge which went unpunished. Arsenal 16-year-old shouldn’t have reacted but his frustration was understandable. Some other players might have rolled around and ensured a bad challenge was punished. Dowman didn’t. He doesn’t stay down. The FA should have shown some understanding towards Dowman. Instead, it has suspended him for three games. FA priorities all wrong: tolerating a poor challenge and some weak refereeing but punishing a kid who objected to a bad challenge that could have dealt him a serious injury. Protect players. #AFC

The Daily Telegraph is describing Healey's budget as 'anti-middle class'. All I can say is that it didn't put £500 a month on anyone's mortgage.

Man City fans are still celebrating every little win like it will change the outcome of their guilty verdict. The Premier League will still deal with them this November. All this running around, appeals and noise is useless. The real punishment is still waiting and they will be relegated this season

Thomas Partey?.... That's been swept under the rug hasn't it?....

The Chancellor has just taken 70,000 more retail, hospitality and leisure businesses out of Business Rates. A welcome boost for our High Streets.

We're backing founders and risk takers at this Budget because Britain’s future prosperity depends on backing the people prepared to take a risk, turn an idea into a business and build it into something bigger.

£100 off energy bills for eligible households. Fuel duty frozen and the 5p cut extended. More help for those who need it most. And thousands more high street businesses paying no business rates. Labour choices delivering help today.